Sculptor Evelyn Loomis Batchelder

World War II Eagle Monument on the Windsor Town Green in front of Grace Episcopal Church

Madonna and Child at Grace Episcopal Church

Evelyn Loomis Batchelder

Victory of Mercy at the Loomis Chaffee campus

Spirit of Victory Memorial in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut

BatchelderWorking in her studio

Madonna and Child, located above the Children’s Alter, is a bas-relief designed and executed by Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder (1874-1954). The work was designed in 1934 in memory of Thomas Warnham Loomis, Jennie Cooke Loomis and their son Allyn Cooke Loomis.

Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder was one of the most highly regarded sculptors of the early 20th century. She was a protégé then an assistant of Daniel Chester French. She was the first woman sculptor elected as a full member of the National Academy of Design.

Her other works in Windsor include the Eagle War Memorial, the Founders of Windsor Memorial, and her last work, Victory of Mercy, located at Loomis Chaffee School.